All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 12, Issue 15-16 – Page 3
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Messe München, which organizes the Ispo Beijing and Ispo Shanghai...
Messe München, which organizes the Ispo Beijing and Ispo Shanghai fairs in China, has announced the appointment of a new leadership team for its Chinese subsidiary, Messe München Shanghai. Xu Jia, who has been its chief operating officer since 2013, has been promoted to the role of chief executive, replacing ...
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Canada Goose began seeking Intuit designers for a special collection...
Canada Goose began seeking Intuit designers for a special collection in January of this year, and Project Atigi has now been extended and expanded. The Canadian outdoor brand is planning to commission 20 native designers from the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Nunatsiavut, Nunavut and Nunavik – all four regions of the ...
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Camelbak has been named the official hydration partner of Ultra-Trail...
Camelbak has been named the official hydration partner of Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB), the high-altitude mountain race series. The event, which includes a program of multiple trail-running races, will take place in Chamonix, France, from Aug. 25 to Sept. 1, as part of the Ultra-Trail World Tour. CamelBak will offer ...
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Sierra drags down Clarus, BD lays off some production staff
After a costly and difficult move of some of its production of climbing hardware from China to Salt Lake City, Black Diamond Equipment is reportedly considering shifting some of it again offshore - probably to Taiwan rather than back to China because of the U.S. tariff situation.The company is looking ...
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Tessitura Taiana Virgilio, the Italian fabric developer based in Olgiate...
Tessitura Taiana Virgilio, the Italian fabric developer based in Olgiate Comasco, has worked with The Woolmark Company to launch a new fabric designed for use in extreme performance. The new product, called Kinetech Wolf Wool, is a three-layer fabric, but engineered in a single woven structure, with one side made ...
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Grayl, a young Portland-based company, is entering the Austrian and...
Grayl, a young Portland-based company, is entering the Austrian and German markets. It recently signed a distribution contract with E-Tremmel Marketing. Grayl supplies cleaning and filtration systems that provide protection against pathogens. According to Grayl, its systems remove 99.9 percent of the viruses, bacteria and protozoa from polluted water, while ...
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Au Vieux Campeur will have a shop-in-the-shop in the flagship...
Au Vieux Campeur will have a shop-in-the-shop in the flagship department store of Galeries Lafayette in Paris next year. The French outdoor retailer has a total of 51 stores, 30 of them in Paris. It generated sales of €121 million last year, 7 percent of those from its own web ...
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The European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) raised a total of...
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) raised a total of €39,342 at the recent Outdoor by Ispo trade show in Munich, in just four days of the show, the organization said. All the money raised will be spent on conservation projects via Eoca. The money was raised through donations by ...
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Arc'teryx has opened a new store in Sapporo, the capital...
Arc'teryx has opened a new store in Sapporo, the capital of Japan's Hokkaido prefecture. The 425-square-meter floor surface of the store makes it the brand's largest in Japan.
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Canada Goose has appointed Woody Blackford to oversee global design...
Canada Goose has appointed Woody Blackford to oversee global design and merchandising, with a focus on category expansion and innovation, as the company is considering opportunities in new product categories, including footwear. Blackford will join Canada Goose this autumn as executive vice-president of design and merchandising. He has more than ...
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Prana has appointed Marcie Peters as vice-president of global sales....
Prana has appointed Marcie Peters as vice-president of global sales. Peters has 20 years of sales and leadership experience in the wholesale apparel, footwear and accessories sectors. Before joining the American brand owned by Columbia Sportswear, she served as director of department store sales at Under Armour. Prior to that, ...
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Anta Sports has become a member of the Better Cotton...
Anta Sports has become a member of the Better Cotton Initiative, a non-profit organization that promotes better standards in cotton farming and practices across more than 20 countries. Anta is the first sportswear firm in China to join BCI.
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The North Face has opened another store in New York...
The North Face has opened another store in New York City. Located at 584 Broadway in the SoHo neighborhood, the 8,000-square-foot location is the first to showcase a so-called “basecamp for exploration,” with the sales staff referred to as “guides.” It focuses on premium products and uses reclaimed wood certified ...
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In a preliminary announcement, Kathmandu Holdings said that its financial...
In a preliminary announcement, Kathmandu Holdings said that its financial results for the financial year ended on July 31 should show an increase in total sales of 9.6 percent to 545 million New Zealand dollars (€316.4m-$351.2m), boosted by the acquisition of Oboz by the group in April 2018. The American ...
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The North Face has announced the recipients of this year's...
The North Face has announced the recipients of this year's Explore Fund Awards, making grants to 42 organizations that help remove barriers to outdoor exploration, as the company puts it, and protect the environment. Now in its ninth year, the fund has awarded $3.75 million in grants so far.
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Napapijri, a brand of VF Corp., has announced that the...
Napapijri, a brand of VF Corp., has announced that the Skiddo Infinity, the latest version of its Skidoo jacket, can be recycled at the end of its life. The jacket uses Econyl recycled Nylon 6, from Aquafil. Napapijri invites buyers of the product to register the purchase date online, with ...
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VF Corp. announced the appointment of Michel Bilodeau as vice...
VF Corp. announced the appointment of Michel Bilodeau as vice president and general manager in charge of Vans in the EMEA region, starting in October. He will replace Stefano Saccone, who had taken on the responsibility in April but is instead going to run Woolrich International (see the following article). ...
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VF Corp. has announced the appointment of Jan Van Mossevelde...
VF Corp. has announced the appointment of Jan Van Mossevelde as vice-president and general manager of Icebreaker for the EMEA region, effective with this coming autumn. He will replace Peter Ottervanger, who has decided to leave the brand to pursue new opportunities. Van Mossevelde joined VF in 2015, and since ...
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Andreas Rudolf, one of the two managing directors of Sport...
Andreas Rudolf, one of the two managing directors of Sport 2000 Germany, has announced that he will not renew his contract. He has worked for the German buying group for the past 13 years, serving most recently as joint managing director as joint managing director alongside Hans-Hermann Deters, overall manager of ...
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Outdoor & Running Business Days, the enlarged Italian trade show...
Outdoor & Running Business Days, the enlarged Italian trade show held in Riva del Garda on July 12-13, grouped a total of 70 brands and the operators of 150 specialty stores
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